Washington D.C. 2/23/2008 5:28:40 AM
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Hillary Clinton Leads Texas Poll Released by ABC News/Washington Post Poll

Here are the latest results from the Texas poll by ABC News/Washington Post Poll published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 603 voters polled on 2/16-20.

ABC News/Washington Post Poll
Date: 2/16-20
Texas
Added: 2/22/08
Est. MoE = 4.0%
Hillary Clinton 48%
Barack Obama 47%
Unsure 3%
Other 1%

Quote:

Hispanics are key in Texas; they favor Clinton by 59-36 percent, about the same as the average in exit polls across all primaries to date (61-35 percent). By contrast, it’s a much closer 50-46 percent contest among whites in Texas, while African-Americans there are favoring Obama by a 4-1 margin, 76-18 percent. That, too, resembles the outcome in all primaries to date (79-17 percent for Obama among blacks), but it’s lower than some of his high-water marks, including his 91 percent support from blacks in Wisconsin.

Obama continues to do better with college graduates (who are less numerous among likely voters in Ohio than in Texas), with higher-income voters (also less numerous in Ohio); and with younger voters, particularly in Texas, albeit not at the level he achieved in Wisconsin. He leads by 59-39 percent among those under age 40 in Texas; Clinton 4 comes back with 60-25 percent support among seniors there. Seniors also are her best age group by far in Ohio, 57-33 percent.

Eleven percent of seniors in Texas are undecided, more than in any other group. But among likely voters who have a preference, it’s the younger people in Texas who are most apt to say they may change their minds – 29 percent of under 40s. (And about as many in Ohio.)

Source: Tracking Polls, State Presidential Primary Polls

The average poll results over the last 5 days in the Texas polls from USAElectionPolls.com are:

Candidate %
Hillary Clinton 48
Barack Obama 45